"grace. grace! grace give attention. rocky perform human ritual of escape closet now. statement."
"come again?"
"i learn more from thinking machine. human gender preference. attraction to same gender, means word 'gay.' all eridian same gender." rocky stands straight up. "rocky come out to grace now. all rocky plural gay, statement."
"...wow, that's... rock, i'm not sure it makes much sense to apply human ideas of sexual orientation to a monogendered species."
a long and judgmental pause. then:
"grace HOMOPHOBIC, question????"
@to-be-kind-takes-work
Rocky knows damn well what they're doing and keeps doing it
grace nearly has a hernia. "what?! no! homophobic? rocky, i like men! i mean, like, i like men as much as i like anyone else, which is to say, in theory, maybe! i'm not--i--" rocky is squeaking and chittering wildly. grace buries his face in his hands and groans really loud. "you're doing a bit."
"yes!" rocky crows and bounces triumphantly around, giving himself a big round of jazz hands. "yes, rocky do bit! grace always fall for rocky bit!
"yeah, yeah, har-dee-har-har, laugh it up."
rocky, still giggling, "actually, on erid, grace only person not of eridian gender, therefore--"
"don't say it--"
"grace only straight person on entire gay planet!"
"alright i am DEFINITELY not that."
"grace need parade, question?"
grace throws something at him. it bounces harmlessly off rocky's hamster ball. "hate crimes! grace do hate crime!" rocky manages to chirp out through laughter so intense his legs buckle a bit
